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Cast On: Frankenstein #1

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I finally cracked and started a Frankenstein hat with my worsted weight leftovers. For this version I picked all my pink/red yarns.

I am making Musselburgh style hat, I cast on using DPNs and then worked square increases out from the center. For no good reason, I started with my English Rose malabrigo and I will knit until it runs out. I am leaning towards to the grey after that followed by the burgundy.

I will knit the hat in a big tube and decrease at the other end to make a musselburgh ish hat will the two layers. My “use all the scraps’ brain is really happy with this. The hat may end up being super weird but it will keep a head warm!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: SSK Tweed Hat

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The SSK retreat has this cool benefit that for a small donation or tip, they will wind yarn for you with some fancy equipment. I had a skein of what I thought was worsted in my knitting bag and I put into be wound.

When I got it back, I realized it was in fact NOT worsted and actually a sport weight from Red Door Fibers that I picked up from KITH KC 2024. I decided to roll with it. But that meant stopping and doing some calculations to adjust stitch count and needle size for this weight of yarn.

After some maths, I landed on 112 stitches on US 5s. Still thinking a stockinette folded brim followed by a vanilla beanie style. This hat is going decidedly slower with the smaller yarn and more stitches. I think this will migrate to being my work backpack knitting and therefore a slow and stead progress kind of project?

I have another skein of sport wound up in cake that needs knit up. So if this works, I will get that skein into my project queue.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Medusa Hat

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I decided to dust off my tennis shoes and explore downtown Nashville while at SSK. I walked around the campus of Vanderbuilt and explored Music Row.

I ended up on a rooftop bar with my newest cast on and an ice cold beer. An adorable young musician was playing acoustic guitar covers and some of his originals. I sat for an hour or so and enjoyed my beverage and got my new project started.

This is my last skein of Malabrigo from my Yarn Barn trip and I am making yet another Rachelle recipe hat. This is 88 stitches on US 8s. This version will have a folded stockinette brim. This color is called Medusa so I am super originally calling this my Medusa Hat.

Love the memories that will be attached to this one!

Cast On: Sunflower Hay

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Following my Copperhead Hat finish I cast on another beanie. This time in Malabrigo Rios in the Hojas colorway.

Not to be stuck in a rut, but this is another 88 stitch beanie on US 8s. I am going back to my stockinette folded brim. This yarn is variegated and is flashing/pooling a little bit so I am intrigued to see how this comes out.

Bonus point, this hat really blended with the sunflowers in my friends yard. So I am thusly calling this my Sunflower Hat from now on. Summer demand it!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Copperhead

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Starting the next hat now that my needles are empty from the second ponytail hat. I cam calling this one my Copperhead Hat because this yarn from TreasureGoddess is the deep bold copper color.

I was tempted for another stockinette brim but for this one I went back to 2×2 ribbing. I’m slower but I want some options for my gift hats. I plan to put them all in an open decorative basket and let everyone pick their color. Still holding strong my 88 stitch count as it seems to be my sweet spot given my gauge.

I am also working on another Jessica Flectcher novel. It’s fluffy murder mystery lit and its perfect. This one is set in a hospital and shocker, someone dies. I just need to find ways to multiple the hours so I can read AND knit.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: A Royal Hat

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With finishing the Burgundy Hat, I am on to the next color in a DEEP royal blue hat.

These are still on the theme of making hats for my Volleyball friends for our holiday meet up. And in the broken record theme, this is a 88 stitch basic beanie on US 8s. Another skein of Malabrigo Rios I picked up at my LYS earlier this year.

This version will have the stockinette folded brim and then vanilla body. I’ve just got the hat cast on and working. I am trying to also work through my backlog of podcasts so my earbuds are following me around. Such is mom life!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Better In Burgundy Hat

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I have a hat FO to share later this week and in the meantime I am starting my next hat so my needles don’t get lonely.

This is more of the Malabrigo I grabbed at the Yarn Barn a couple months ago. This color is a deep burgundy that they name Purpuras. I am working on a my standard adult beanie so that means my normal recipe of 88 stitches.

I did decided to start with 2×2 rib and again fold it over. But I have to throw when I rib when I can flick when do stockinette. I’m thinking my next hat or two will have stockinette brims as I am so much faster when flicking. It’s just so satisfying how fast worsted weight goes!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Another Teal Beanie

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The hat mojo is strong. Which is not helpful now that we are reaching the 70s and 80s in temperature almost daily. But I have to follow the yarn vibes!

I plucked out one of the already wound skeins from my YarnBarn shopping trip. This is Malabrigo Rios in the Cian colorway. I cast on my 88 stitch count on US 8 needles. This hat will be a traditional beanie and I think I will knit a folded brim where I attach the cast on edge to the hat body.

I enjoyed a nice afternoon in the yarn watching our new grass grow and the kids play (and fight). The glass of chilled white wine didn’t hurt either!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Penguin Socks

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My next set of socks are on the needles! I pulled a sock set from GingerSnap out of Canada. This yarn is called Penguin Plunge Deluxe so I’m calling these my Penguin Socks.

As is almost always the case, I am working toe up with 68 stitches on size US 1 needles. I did choose to just do a wee little pop of yellow on the toe. No idea why other than I felt the whimsy to do so.

I wanted to work this pair in tandem like my self striping socks, but alas I did not wind my yarn in a tandem friendly way. I need to stew on if I want to mess around with pulling off 50% of this yarn and making two balls or not. Or just chug along one sock at a time….

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Prism Socks

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Spring germs are REAL in this house and it’s knocked us all down for a minute. I had meant to get my next self striping socks on the needles after finishing my leftover advent socks, but that stalled.

I took my project to where I knew I would be a captive audience….literally. The hubs and I had tickets to see Brett Goldstein (of Ted Lasso fame) do standup. So I brought my yarn and needles and got to knitting during the pre-show and the ride home. Brett was amazingly funny, btw!

This yarn is the Inertia base from String Theory Colorworks and in the Prism color. So it will be a very vibrant rainbow with mini stripes of charcoal in-between. I am constructing my standard 68 stitch toe up tube with afterthought heel on US 1s. And I plan to work them in tandem so as to avoid second sock syndrome.

I wish I could find my metal US1s but the wooden ones will do for now. I can always switch later. I think these will be my backpack project or car console project since they fit nicely into a zipper pouch.